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Bentiu

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Bentiu

Oil-rich region to the west of the White Nile, in the Unity State of southern Sudan. The major town of the region is also called Bentiu.



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The Sudan People's Liberation Army claimed to have killed 300 government soldiers in a battle near the southern town of Bentiu.
The timing of Nimeiri's actions was also influenced by the discovery of oil in Bentiu (Upper Nile); he could not tolerate the idea that oil revenue would primarily benefit the south.
Khartoum has closed a deal with the Canadian Arakis Energy Corporation, which is going to drill oil near Bentiu.
 
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